Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Getting Cs in my prereqs

    Ruby Vee replied to Big_Mike's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't know the specifics of either of those programs; I suggest that you look into their requirements. But off the cuff, I'd say it's not looking good with C's in your
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    Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

    Ruby Vee replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient who kept her artificial eye in there "so no one would steal it". It came out when she pooped one time -- the young student who had her that day nearly fainted when she saw the eye...
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    Should a new grad RN?....

    Ruby Vee replied to MoserK's topic in General Nursing

    You've already accepted a job, so what difference does it make what we
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    Question for nurses that are male...

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    Well, no, but men are (infrequently) asked to perform certain tasks based on their gender. So? After thousands of years of male privilege, you don't have much to complain
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    Question for nurses that are male...

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    "She's pregnant" might be a valid reason for not taking that patient. Equal rights have always benefitted the male, who is considered "more equal." I'm finding it difficult to respect the guys...
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    Ruby Vee replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that anyone would advise turning a blind eye to an impaired co-worker. If you have evidence that someone is impaired, tell the charge nurse. But tell the...
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    Ruby Vee replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    If she has, she hasn't been back to verify that she has. Perhaps just stirring the
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You
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    Stethoscope tracker

    Ruby Vee replied to leonard_huh's topic in General Nursing

    Stethescopes often grow legs and walk away . . . but losing one a year is expensive! Don't just lie them down NEXT to your backpack -- put them IN your backpack. Usually, the culprit has "MD" after...
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect that the full names and selfie avatars are something that folks will eventually see the wisdom of NOT using . . . but they came with the paid writers. Another thing that has changed the...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    Ruby Vee replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Not everyone was amused, although I was extremely fortunate in WHO was
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    You're not going to pull that on me

    Ruby Vee replied to TeenyTiny's topic in General Nursing

    I had just come back to work after a lengthy medical leave for cancer discovered during the pre-op work-up for bilateral knee replacements. Naturally, cancer trumps knee replacements, so I came back...
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    Ruby Vee replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    The OP wasn't specific about where her friend was doing this job (in a hospital? a bakery? a law practice?) or what the job entailed (patient care? reception? representing the business in...
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    Ruby Vee replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    I'm all for being yourself, but when what you're wearing is against the company's dress code, you either stop wearing it or produce a legitimate reason for continuing to do so. Religious reasons are...
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    Question for nurses that are male...

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    It's "biter" nurse. As for the rest of your post --
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    Question for nurses that are male...

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    It's rather difficult for me to get worked up over the rights of "subservient males" when women's rights are being systematically torn away -- even from women who are trying to exercise their rights....
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    L&D Job offer...what would you do?

    Ruby Vee replied to auson16's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sounds like she was planning on giving you a day shift position, but she can't if their are inside candidates for that job. Starting a new job on nights is more the norm, even for experienced
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    Question for nurses that are male...

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is an interesting soap box to step upon, given that woman are seeing their rights systematically and deliberately eroded by the group of old white men with which The Donald surrounds...
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    Question for nurses that are male...

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's a lot like being "the female engineer," "the lawyer in skirts," "the lady cop" (or the cruder "Dickless Tracy") or "the female
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    Nursing is not for you if you don't have a burning passion for it?

    Ruby Vee replied to .CJ.'s topic in General Students

    I don't believe that having a "passion for nursing" or a "calling" is necessary for a successful career in nursing. Many of us never had one, and many who did have successfully gotten over it....
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    Brave or just stupid?

    Ruby Vee replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The PATH you're taking is a short cut. Short cuts almost never award the full benefits of taking the full
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    Brave or just stupid?

    Ruby Vee replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The schools don't really want to spend the time and money involved to improve their program to overcome your deficiencies. They just want to make money. You're willing to pay the money knowing your...
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    Brave or just stupid?

    Ruby Vee replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is good advice. I'm happy to see that two states (two great states for living and working) require RN experience to grant an NP license. Hopefully that trend will continue and more will jump on...
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    How would you react? Body odor discussion.

    Ruby Vee replied to Nurse-rachet1's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree with you that people are too sensitive and go out of their way to find something to be offended about. I'm still wondering, however, if this was the ONLY factor in the OP being...
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    Ruby Vee replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    The way the OP handled this was terrible. If you absolutely feel you MUST "report" someone based on the sketchy "evidence" provided, report them. But do not involve yourself in "investigating"....